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Distance Education Trends at Virginia Institutions



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Distance Education is determined based on two factors, the course type and the modality of delivery. For course type, if the definition is explicitly that of a distance model (ie. Internet Delivered) it is counted as distance. For all other courses, if the mode of delivery is anything other than "Predominantly Face to Face" the course is counted as distance, or if prior to 2010 the course was reported as off-campus and not at a site approved by SCHEV. Please note that not all distance education is online delivery and may include correspondance courses, video tapes, and other methods of delivering instructional content over distance.

Annual FTE Enrollment by Student Modality of Instruction
Academic YearFace-to-Face OnlyHybrid (Mix of F2F and Distance)Distance OnlyTotal FTE
1995-96231,46720,76713,424265,659
1996-97235,25820,16913,958269,385
1997-98238,82720,72514,705274,257
1998-99237,22222,10716,608275,937
1999-00233,74423,50817,461274,713
2000-01239,77024,71117,787282,269
2001-02241,18425,95519,429286,568
2002-03248,15926,66920,581295,410
2003-04254,83534,92321,259311,016
2004-05252,55944,48024,590321,629
2005-06248,14750,91427,766326,827
2006-07249,34758,30834,098341,753
2007-08249,01266,29041,531356,833
2008-09257,37870,23148,152375,761
2009-10270,43894,63641,572406,647
2010-11266,321108,18249,308423,811
2011-12261,371115,15260,059436,582
2012-13251,050118,86565,443435,358
2013-14239,558127,83268,412435,803
2014-15230,422130,68771,572432,682
2015-16210,856144,26971,096426,222
2016-17205,766147,25767,699420,722
2017-18195,833151,57170,745418,150
2018-19189,559158,44377,604425,606
2019-20176,955168,62087,403432,977
2020-2140,868170,508220,736432,112
2021-2297,729197,017128,154422,900
2022-23109,770198,025120,258428,052
2023-24108,763201,082120,205430,051



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Full Legal Name - "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University" (Virginia Tech); "The College of William and Mary" (William & Mary)
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